NOVEL NEXT Chapter 143 - Peer
Chapter 143: Chapter 12 Peer
Translator: Doggotranslation
Grande’s afternoon was as calm as usual. Because of the Tulpa, Daniel’s ‘industriousness’, when Benjamin went to the warehouse again, all the clutter was arranged neatly, and even the missing shelves were assembled. Benjamin had nothing to do, so he had to lie in a hammock and chat with Lola.
It was just that Benjamin seemed to have figured out something. He no longer avoided Lola, smiling at Lola who was immersed in her ‘tragic’ high school life, “It’s Mr. Souvestre, not Butt Chin.”
“But he really has a chin like a butt!” Lola said seriously, her long eyelashes fluttering, and two fingers pinched her chin to form wrinkles. She glared and lowered her voice, “Miss Lola Barton! Where is your paper! If you don’t hand it in today, I will give you an F!”
Benjamin looked at Lola’s imitation and couldn’t help laughing. What he was laughing at was: Even if Lola submitted the paper, she would still get an F. Kyle seemed to have taken all the learning talents of the Barton family.
“You still can’t always call him Butt Chin.” Benjamin still tried to ‘educate’ this girl as an elder.
Lola squinted her eyes cautiously and stared at Benjamin’s hairy chin. The brown stubble extended all the way to his neck. “Benjamin, do you have a butt chin?”
“Huh?” Benjamin touched his chin. To be honest, he couldn’t remember what his real chin looked like.
“Go shave it!” Lola got up from the chair beside the hammock, her eyes gleaming.
Benjamin touched his chin and shook his head, “It’s too troublesome, it will grow back in a few days.”
“Come on!” Lola goaded and pulled up the absent-minded Alice, “Alice, have you seen Benjamin without his beard?”
Only after a while before Alice finally understood what Lola meant, and nodded, “Yes, in the photo.”
“Come on, Benjamin. We all want to see it!” Lola grabbed the hammock and shook it.
“Alright, alright.” Benjamin reluctantly agreed, and his sturdy body sat up from the hammock, “I don’t have a razor.”
“Use Zach’s!” Lola finally knew Zach’s name, but she made a wrong judgment based on the appearance of the vampire she saw in her eyes. Zach’s smooth chin was not the result of daily care, but ‘innate’.
Benjamin pursed his lips and said casually, “He is a guy who values personal belongings.”
Lola wouldn’t ignore everything she had learned since she was a child and proposed to use Old Hank’s. She frowned and thought, “What about Matthew’s?”
Benjamin walked helplessly to the Grande family’s house. Matthew had a room in the house. Sometimes, if it was too late, he would live in the Grande family’s house. Working at the Grande Funeral Home was much better than working as a postman. There was a lot of freedom at work (as you would expect from a handyman’s work), and it came with food and accommodation. occasionally, he would be able to earn some extra money.
Matthew’s room was very tidy, the desk and chair were arranged properly; there was no debris on the desk, and the small single bed was also cleaned.
Matthew was a young man with good living habits. There were only a few replacement clothes in his closet. There were some small items in the drawer beside the bed, and an old razor with a wooden handle was one of them. Benjamin took the razor and walked to the bathroom.
But Lola looked at the room curiously at the door. If she hadn’t known it was Matthew’s room, she would have thought it was an empty room.
Benjamin held Matthew’s razor in one hand, raised his chin, and slowly shaved his bear in front of the mirror, revealing a much fairer skin. Benjamin frowned, obviously regretting it, but stopping here would definitely make him regret it even more. Benjamin looked in the mirror, and Lola, who was holding her stomach and smiling behind him, smiled awkwardly, “Don’t look at me.”
Lola blinked, exited ‘caringly’, and closed the bathroom door. The girl who had nothing to do for a while wandered around on the second floor of the Grande family’s House. Every time she passed Matthew’s room, she would take a curious look.
Alice heard Zach’s calling bell when she walked into the stairwell with Lola. She apologized to her friend and turned to Zach’s office.
There were two guests in Zach’s office.
“Since you have come in person, then I will treat you as a guest first.” Zach smiled at the man sitting before the desk, “Tea? Or coffee?”
Quest turned his head to look at Alice who had just come in, with disdain in his cold eyes, “I want what’s in your hands.”
Zach swirled the “wine” glass in his hand, drank the remaining liquid, and looked at Alice, “Alice, water.”
Alice nodded and exited the office.
Quest’s face became more gloomy, and the people behind him looked at Zach silently, without any expression.
“Where is Daniel? !” Quest didn’t seem to want to waste time.
Zach’s sight bypassed Quest, and the Tulpa asked by Quest was floating in the air. In the view that could not be seen by the ordinary people of this world, the gray mist that surrounded and gathered on Quest floated toward Daniel’s body, turning into a bright streamer, flowing into the body of the Tulpa.
Daniel’s face gradually changed, gradually returning to what he once was.
Zach raised his eyebrows. The obvious change was not caused by Daniel himself, but caused by Quest’s desire. With such an immediate effect, one could imagine how strong his desire for Daniel was!
Quest’s palm slapped heavily towards the desktop. He had already discovered that the gaze of the person opposite was not focused on him. He stood up and leaned forward against Zach’s desk, “Where is Daniel! !”
Zach’s gaze retracted and turned to Quest, “Behind you.”
Quest turned his head. Of course, he couldn’t see anything. He became angry and reached out and grabbed Zach’s collar. “WHERE, IS, HE!”
Zach smiled and grabbed the hand that was holding his collar, and clenched slightly. Amid the clear bone cracking sound, the overbearing Quest in front of him let out a short groan of pain, his whole body moved back, his left hand covering the twisted right hand, and sat back on the chair.
A low, suppressed groan came from Quest’s arched upper body, and the man behind him frowned, looking at Zach, who was focusing on adjusting his collar.
“Apology, I was just joking.” Zach smiled, the collar on his chest had been arranged as neat as before. He looked at the Quest who was huddling up, “I don’t know where Daniel is, when you called, I have already let him go.”
Quest raised his head suddenly, his teary and bloodshot eyes glared at Zach. It was not easy to hold back such pain.
“Don’t look at me like that.” Zach waved his hand and looked at Quest right that was currently being held tightly in Quest’s chest. “It will be fine in a few days. Besides, you did it first.”
Now we know why Benjamin pushed Quest away the first time. It was not to humiliate him in front of the servants, but to avoid him from touching the vampire’s body. Like the shape-shifter, all nonhumans with different body temperatures did not like others to touch their bodies, except for food candidates.
“You…”
Zach waited for Quest’s words, but after a long time, he still didn’t say anything else.
The office door was pushed open, and Alice really brought two glasses of water in. She glanced at Quest, who huddled up on the chair, with fear, and placed one glass on the desk. She looked at the other person who didn’t say a word, put another water glass on the side desk, nodded to Zach, and left the office again.
Zach looked at Alice who was calm, raising his eyebrows unnoticeably. .
Zach looked at the silent man, “You never introduced yourself.”
“Peer.” The man didn’t seem to want to introduce himself, and simply answered.
Zach nodded and asked with a hint of mockery, “Has Mr. Quest paid?” He smiled and spread his hands, “Don’t get me wrong, this is just a kind reminder from a peer.”
The corner of the other party’s mouth raised slightly and nodded, “A kind reminder from a senior, always remember to take the deposit first.”
Zach grinned, accepted the identity of the junior, and nodded, “I remember it, thank you.”
The other party no longer spoke, as if it may affect the final payment he would receive, if he said anything more. Sacrificing his own income in order to peacefully meet this “peer” who suddenly appeared in Barton was not worthwhile.
Zach looked at the livid Quest again, “Mr. Quest, why bother asking me? You should trust this gentleman’s ability. As a friend in the same profession, we don’t mind letting this gentleman take a look around. ”
Quest’s face twitched, and he glared at Zach and discovered that the other party was not just being polite. Quest turned his head, looked at the person next to him, and nodded.
The man, who did not want to reveal his name, looked at Zach, and nodded kindly, then turned and walked towards the side door.
“The burial area in the west is undergoing a burial ceremony. There are also our people there, you can take a look at that place as well.” Zach reminded the man.
The man turned his head and smiled, “I have already checked it.”
Zach smiled similarly and didn’t mind. It could be seen that Quest was unwilling to appear here. The only reason he would come was that the people he hired didn’t want to offend the Grande family, a family that suddenly broke into the upper circle of Barton. Between refusing to hire this man’s service and coming to Grande in person, Quest chose to come in person.
When the man left the office and walked freely in the Grande family’s house, Zach drew out a wine bottle casually and filled his glass with fresh liquid again. When any smell filled the glass, Zach took a deep sniff and revealed a contented expression in front of Quest’s eyes provocatively.
“Before we wait for the result of that gentleman’s investigation.” Zach looked at Quest and said seriously, “Please tell me, you brought the check from the last request.”